Why Red Bull’s Start Could Cost Them the Fomula 1 Title

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Published: May 4, 2010

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So far in 2010 Red Bull are the team that have appeared to be the pacesetters. With the RB6 Adrian Newey has done it again and created another piece of machinery that all their rivals are petrified of.

At the start of the season Lewis Hamilton said: "They have both got the fastest cars by quite a big step. They should be quite a lot further ahead in general."

However, despite their pace Red Bull have only won one race out of four. Furthermore they have only chalked up 73 points out of the 172 available so far (42.4 percent).

Whilst you have the fastest car on the grid you must capitalise on it and take as many points as possible.

Red Bull have had an opportunity to potentially win all four 2010 races so far.

In Bahrain and Australia, Sebastien Vettel suffered a mechanical gremlin whilst leading both races. In China, Red Bull wasted their front row lockout. They took the wrong option to change to intermediates and slipped down the field.

Throughout F1’s history there have been many examples of teams who have been quick out of the blocks, and made the most of their initially quick machinery.

Here is a comparison of Red Bull’s first four races in 2010 with previous championship winners who started the season with the fastest car.

Team/Year Wins Podiums % of available points scored Red Bull - 2010 1 2 42.4 Brawn – 2009 3 4 69.4 Renault – 2006 3 5 70.7 Renault - 2005 4 5 63.9 McLaren - 1998 3 6 76.6 McLaren - 1991 4 6 78.1  

As you can see from this table Red Bull simply haven’t done well enough. In 1991 the percentage of available points McLaren scored, is almost double what Red Bull have achieved in the first four outings this year.

Plus McLaren managed to win all of the opening four races that year, as did Renault in 2005. In all these examples nobody dropped more than one race victory in the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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